Dear Governor Inslee,

I am writing to urge you to oppose the destruction of rare and irreplaceable legacy forests to fund renovations to government office buildings in Olympia.  DNR's Wishbone timber sale, located near the town of Duvall, would destroy some of the last remaining acres of un-planted, structurally complex lowland forest in the lower Snoqualmie River watershed.  Parts of this timber sale contain trees that are over a century old and close to 200 feet tall.

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We are in the midst of a global warming crisis.  Now is not the time to be logging century-old trees, or replacing fire resistant older forests with young, fire-prone tree plantations that are susceptible to future climate disturbances, and may increase the fire risk to nearby residential areas.

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The logging of mature legacy forests on DNR managed lands also violates Board of Natural Resources policies, which are intended to conserve older, structurally complex forests. These forests play a critical role in preserving genetic diversity and biological legacies of the old growth forests that once dominated the Pacific Northwest.

Thank you for listening.